GOP vs EXXon on the Carbon Tax Today

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June 10, 2016

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"'The biggest effect of the Clean Power Plan is to provide a backstop,' Dallas Burtraw of Resources for the Future, wrote in a blog post. 'That is, in the event that relative fuel prices between natural gas and coal change in coal’s favor, the Clean Power Plan would discourage a new expansion in coal-fired generation. With the plan delayed, there is more uncertainty about what would happen if the technology or fuel price fates were to suddenly favor coal.'"

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Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow

Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at RFF. Burtraw’s research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequences of climate policy and the evolution of electricity markets, including renewables integration.

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